Happy Easter!

Saturday we had a baby shower for Justine! She got so many cute clothes! We played some games, opened presents, ate food and watched Baby Mama. Then on Sunday we took the chickens and turtles outside for some cute Easter pictures. I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter weekend!

Justine's Belly

Justine is having a baby boy the end of May! We are all so excited for baby Jaxton/Palmer/Zion/Brody she doesn't really have a name yet. I had to post her baby bump pictures because she is just so cute! I also took some lake pictures. We took a bike ride to the lake on Sunday and all the ice is completely melted. Summer is coming!

Crème Brûlée

This is one of Will's favorite desserts. I tried to make it a month or so ago and failed miserably. I thought that I had enough whipping cream to make the full recipe. When I found out I didn't, I had already separated the eggs and I didn't want to waste them. So I thought that a cup of cream might just be enough. Well it wasn't. The creme brulee came out looking like a bowl of egg yolks. And since I didn't just throw half of the egg yolks away and cut the recipe in half, we had 8 bowls of egg yolks. Will ate all but 3 of them. It makes me gag to think about it.
Well I tried again and this time cut the recipe in half. I have decided to document my success.



2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
8 large egg yolks
1/2 cup of sugar

Separate yolks and combine in a mixing bowl with sugar. (Make sure you have enough cream before you waste your time separating the eggs.) Beat until smooth.

Heat the cream to a simmer then add to the egg mixture 1/4 cup at a time while stirring vigorously. (A kitchen add helps with this step)

Blend in vanilla.

Pour into 8 four ounce ramekins and place in a baking pan

Fill pan with boiling water to the water is 1/2 way up the ramekins

Bake at 250 for 1 hour, then wrap and refrigerate for 8 hours.

Caramelize
Add a tablespoon of sugar to the middle of each ramekin.
If you have a torch, that would be the easy way to do it. I don't, so turn the oven to broil and watch those ramekins like a hawk. They will burn fast. As soon as the top starts to turn a golden brown, take them out. This takes 2-8 min.
Put back in the fridge for 45 min and enjoy.

I danced with your mom because I'm sexy and I do what I want.

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena with
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2----- --a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7---- ---m y mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----because I'm cool like that
Black-----because that's how I roll.
Pink-----because I'm NOT crazy.
Red------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green----because I think I need some serious help.
Purple----because I'm AWESOME!
Gray-----because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars.
Orange---because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown----because I can.
Other-----because I'm a Ninja!
None------because I can't control myself!

Now: Leave the result as a comment!

Can't wait for spring

In hopes of some greater power hearing and wanting to keep me happy, can I just say that I love the weather today. We walked to Subway and got a 5 dollar foot long...any foot long. I love subway.

I'm officially a dork. I gave anybody who reads this blog a chance to win a gift and only one person responded. This could be so for two different reasons:

1) only one person reads this
2) No one want a homemade gift that I make.

Whatever I get points for trying right.

Pay it Forward

This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones.